In Scotch law. The crime of aliening the same subject to different persons. 2 Karnes, Eq. 40.

Lat. In the civil law. A general name for any kind of fraud not falling under any specific class. But the term is chiefly applied to fraud practiced in the sale or

One who is skilled In the art of short-hand writing; one whose business is to write iu short-hand. See Ry- nerson v. Allison. 30 S. C. 534, 9 S. E. 050; In

The daughter of one’s wife by a former husband, or of one’s husband by a former wife.

The man who marries a widow, she having a child by her former marriage, is step-father to such child.

The woman who marries a widower, he having a child by his former wife, becomes step-mother to such child.

The son of one’s wife by a former husband, or of one’s husband by a former wife.

The breaking, obstructing, or straitening of a way. Termes de la Ley.

A French measure of solidity, used in measuring wood. It Is a cubic meter.

Barrenness; incapacity to produce a child.

In English law. Current or standard coin, especially silver coin; a standard of coinage.

If the plaintiff in a plalut in the mayor’s court of London has attached property belonging to the defendant and obtained execution against the garnishee, the defendant, if he wishes to contest

A person employed in loading aud unloading vessels. The Senator (D. C.) 21 Fed. 191; Rankin v. Merchants’ & M. Transp. Co., 73 Ga. 232, 54 Am. Rep. 874; The Elton, 83

This word signifies a man appointed in the place or stead of another, and generally denotes a principal ofiicer within his jurisdiction. Brown.

Certain brothels anciently permitted in England, suppressed by Henry VIII. Also, breeding places for tame pheasants.

In the old books. To stop; to hesitate; to accede with reluctance. “The court stuck a little at this exception.” 2 Show. 491.

(1) An inferior officer who cuts wood within the royal parks of Clarendon. Cowell. (2) An arbitrator. (3) An obstinate contender about anything.

Agreeing, in consideration of receiving a pecuniary or other advantage, to abstain from prosecuting a person for an offense not giving rise to a civil remedy; e. g., perjury. Sweet

A stillborn child is one born dead or in such an early stage of pregnancy as to be incapable of living, though not actually dead at the time of birth. Children born

Lat. In the civil law. The drip of water from the eaves of a house. The servitude stillicidii consists in the right to have the water drip from one’s eaves upon the